Loading AI tools
Hartmut Wenzel (23 February 1947 – 24 August 2020) was a German coxswain. He defected from East Germany during his rowing career in 1971, later winning Olympic bronze for West Germany.
| Personal information | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Born | 23 February 1947 Berlin | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 August 2020 (aged 73) Essen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 167 cm (5 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 54 kg (119 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Rowing | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | TSC Berlin RK Am Baldeneysee Essen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Wenzel was born in 1947 in Berlin. He was a rowing cox for TSC Berlin and in 1966, he won his first national title coxing the eight.[1] He then went to the 1966 World Rowing Championships in Bled with the eight where they won a bronze medal.[2] For their success at the World Championships, team members were awarded the title and medal Honoured Master of Sports.[3]
After a break from the sport, he came second at the East German national championships in 1969 with the eight from TSC Berlin, beaten for first place by ASK Vorwärts Rostock.[1] From this team, a coxed four was formed for the 1969 European Rowing Championships in Klagenfurt, and they won the silver medal behind West Germany.[4] The same team came second at the 1970 East German national championships, beaten by rowers from ASK Vorwärts Rostock.[5]
In 1971, Wenzel defected and joined RK Am Baldeneysee Essen. In 1971, his first season at the new club, he became national champion with the coxed four.[6] For the 1972 rowing season, he changed to the eight and the team won silver at the national championships. In 1973, the rowing eight from Essen became German champion.[7] In 1974, he was back coxing the four for Essen, and they became German champion.[6] For the 1975 World Rowing Championships in Nottingham, he was the cox for four rowers from different clubs, and this team won a bronze medal after the Soviet Union and East Germany.[8] Most of Wenzel's team members changed for the 1976 season, but the new composition once again won the national championships.[6] He also coxed an eight at the national championships, and that boat came second.[7] West Germany qualified a coxed four for the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal and further changes to the rowing team composition were made. That team won the bronze medal in the coxed four event.[9]
At the 1977 World Rowing Championships in Amsterdam, Wenzel coxed the eight that won the bronze medal.[10] In 1978, he coxed an eight that came second at the national championships.[7] The exact same team won the silver medal, behind East Germany, at the 1978 World Rowing Championships in Cambridge, New Zealand.[11] He finished his international career with his appearance in New Zealand.[12]
At the national championships in 1979, Wenzel came second with the coxed four, and third with the eight.[6][7] The same eight went to the 1979 World Rowing Championships in Bled where they came ninth.[13]
He had been ill for several years before he died on 24 August 2020.[12]
Wikiwand in your browser!
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.
